0 CapMarcelo Members 2 posts 1,014 battles Report post #1 Posted January 17, 2016 I think the best composition for a division is 1 BB, 1 CA and 1 DD. With that composition you can team up and play good tactics and strategies. What do you think ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
236 iEaTDaGrudge Members 1,699 posts 9,033 battles Report post #2 Posted January 17, 2016 2 North Carolina (BB) 1 Baltimore (CA) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
24 [H1GH] burning_gl0w Beta Testers 104 posts 8,952 battles Report post #3 Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) I found it quite fun playing as a DD/CL with 2 BBs. They make a nice honey pot in which to catch other DDs. Edited January 17, 2016 by burning_gl0w Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12,677 [SALVO] Crucis Members 28,253 posts 43,875 battles Report post #4 Posted January 17, 2016 I think the best composition for a division is 1 BB, 1 CA and 1 DD. With that composition you can team up and play good tactics and strategies. What do you think ? First, all three ships should be of the same tier. As for your 1 BB, 1 CA, 1 DD suggestion, I actually think that that's one of the worse compositions. I think that the best divisions are the ones where the ships can support each other. 3 CA's isn't bad. 3 BB's isn't bad. 2 BB's and 1 CA is pretty good too, because the CA can provide some protection against DDs and perhaps some AA cover. A CV and a pair of CA's isn't bad either, particularly if you're working on the plane kills part of the ARP Kongo mission. I'm not so sure that 3 DDs is a good combo because 3 DDs is going to probably be a huge part if not all of your team's DD's. And having them all working together is going to limit how much of the map they can cover, particularly on a 3+ domination mode map where it's good to have DD's contending for multiple caps. (A 2 DD division isn't as bad in this regard.) Note that I'm assuming that it's the intent of the division to work together, since 3 ships in a division not working together isn't really doing much to leverage the advantage of divisioning, assuming that all of the ships in the division have comms. And if your intent is to work together, it's best to have ships that will work together well. Which is why I made the above ship combo suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
125 [XBRTC] Grump_Wagon Members 267 posts Report post #5 Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Like a Division of ships in real life, a WoWs division improves with the players practicing together. Some friends and I tried the BB, CA, DD task group Division but without a set of practiced doctrine or battle drills it proved difficult to coordinate and maximize each others ships together. Our experiance showed that Ships of similar speeds work best together. However, we did discover that a CV, CA/CL, DD Division less cumbersome. The CV's airwing gave it a flexibility that out weighed any speed disadvantage. Having your own personal air support on call is a great force muliplier, plus the CA/CL & DD can quickly respond to that leaker DD on the CV hunt. Again, for the occasional grouping of friends, similar ships are best. But if you can practice together a bit try Divisions with a CV, CA/CL, DDs. And as mentioned earlier, always be the same tier. Edited January 17, 2016 by Grump_Wagon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
583 QuantumEntropy Beta Testers 4,007 posts 14,539 battles Report post #6 Posted January 17, 2016 3 Midway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,197 Legendary_Typo Members 10,919 posts 4,873 battles Report post #7 Posted January 17, 2016 Something that seems to work is two CA/CLs, and one BB, the BB can take out or distract any other BBs targeting the cruisers, and the cruisers can take out any planes or DDs targeting the BB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
14 Fourty4zWonTheWest Members 198 posts Report post #8 Posted January 19, 2016 I think the best composition for a division is 1 BB, 1 CA and 1 DD. With that composition you can team up and play good tactics and strategies. What do you think ? That sounds like a good combination to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,736 gurudennis Beta Testers 5,082 posts 5,575 battles Report post #9 Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) That sounds like a good combination to me. BB + CA + DD is a good combo indeed - except if the DD is IJN. They are natural hunters and don't seem to work as well when tethered to bigger friendly ships. I mostly play in 2-ship divisions and it's usually BB + CA (we take turns) or CA + DD (tricky, very ad hoc teamwork). Edited January 28, 2016 by gurudennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,736 gurudennis Beta Testers 5,082 posts 5,575 battles Report post #10 Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) (wrong thread, ignore) Edited January 28, 2016 by gurudennis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
41 Lord_Adm_Nelson Members 381 posts 5,656 battles Report post #11 Posted February 2, 2016 We use 2 BB's and 1 CL and have a very high win rate. Always same tier. With BB's it works well to have a US BB and an IJN BB. The IJN can hit far out the US can brawl if need be and absorb fire. Depending on the team we usually pick up another BB and or cruiser. 3 BB's can be a winner if your on a team that understands the play of supporting 3 BB's that are coordinated, but that's hit or miss. 3 dd's is not a good team mix although we have had some spectacular games that way. 2 BB's can also go side to side a KM or so apart like a porcupine. Then you can protect both sides with out much turret shift. All sorts of scenarios that become better with team practice. Its just being able to have a div of players that have some skill and a team attitude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,513 atPrick__ Members 16,315 posts 12,285 battles Report post #12 Posted February 2, 2016 I think the best composition for a division is 1 BB, 1 CA and 1 DD. With that composition you can team up and play good tactics and strategies. What do you think ? Best Division is Soviet of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,228 [-AFK-] 10T0nHammer Members 7,321 posts 3,868 battles Report post #13 Posted February 2, 2016 Usually roll with: 2 CAs and 1 BB 2 DDs and 1 BB 3 BBs or to mix it up - 2 BBs and 1 DD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
534 [VPMN] 4wilds Alpha Tester, Beta Testers 2,095 posts 8,175 battles Report post #14 Posted February 2, 2016 I like to run 2 BBs and a DD or 1 BB and 2 DDs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
